Film Language Tag: crane shot
A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that can vary distance, height, and angle.
61 Film Clips
96,000, In the Heights
Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) learns his corner-store sold a winning lottery ticket for a $96,000 pot.
A Controversial Screening, Ulysses' Gaze
A (Harvey Keitel) attends a screening of one of his old films that stirs controversy in the small Greek town it is playing in.
A Drop of Blood, Showboat
Julie () and Steve () are threatened by the Sheriff for miscegenation.
Alan's Job Interview, The Imitation Game
Alan Turing travels to Bletchley Park and interviews with Commander Denniston for a top-secret position.
Apartment Music, Letter from an Unknown Woman
Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) quietly admires Stefan (Louis Jourdan), eventually sneaking into his apartment.
Cardinal Volleyball, We Have a Pope
The Pope had a nervous breakdown and has gone missing after the Papal conclave. The cardinals do not know that he is missing because the manager of the Vatican has placed a Swiss guard in the Pope's quarters to make his room seem occupied. While the Cardinals are waiting for the "pope" to emerge from his room, the psychiatrist who was hired to treat the Pope organized a volleyball game for the Cardinals. This scene captures the Cardinal's joy and commitment to the game.
Christ the Labourer, La Dolce Vita
Marcello's news helicopter follows another helicopter carrying a Christ statue, while a group of girls watch.
Closing Sequence, Letter from an Unknown Woman
Stefan (Louis Jourdan) finishes reading Lisa's (Joan Fontaine) letter, learning that both she and their son (Leo B Pessin) have died of typhus, and decides to engage in his duel with Johann (Marcel Journet).
Closing Sequence, Pan's Labyrinth
Ofelia makes the ultimate sacrifice and Vidal receives an appropriate punishment.
Closing Sequence , Ulysses' Gaze
Ivo (Erland Josephson), Naomi (Maia Morgenstern), and the rest of the Levy family are massacred. A (Harvey Keitel) watches the completed Manaki brothers film.
Closing Sequence , Devil in a Blue Dress
Daphne (Jennifer Beals) says goodbye to her lover, mayoral candidate Todd Carter (Terry Kinney), and Easy (Denzel Washington) clears his name with the police.
Closing Sequence, Brazil
Sam (Jonathan Pryce) hallucinates an escape with Jill (Kim Greist) while he is observed in the torture room with Jack Lint (Michael Palin) and Mr. Helpmann (Peter Vaughan).
Comfortable Where I Am, Intruder in the Dust
Crawford Gowrie (Charles Kemper) threatens Eunice Habersham (Elizabeth Patterson) with a canister of gasoline.
Deckard Investigates in Chinatown, Blade Runner
Deckard inquires about a scale he found in Leon's apartment.
Dismantling Rashomon Gate, Rashomon
The woodcutter uses parts of Rashomon Bridge to start a fire, while the commoner attempts to understand the story.
Falsifying Records, Brazil
Sam (Jonathan Pryce) falsifies records of Jill (Kim Greist).
Father's Sheep, The Weeping Meadow
Eleni (Alexandra Aidini) and Alexis (Nikos Poursanidis) return to New Odessa with their twin sons for Spyros' (Vasilis Kolovos) funeral.
Get to Know Joe, A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Gigolo Joe seduces a woman using his perfectly engineered charm.
Inside the Cyclone, The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy's house gets swept away from Kansas by the cyclone and she lands in Munchkinland
Introduction of Aman (Shah Rukh Khan) - An Angel Appears, Kal Ho Naa Ho
When Naina’s (Preity Zinta) family finds themselves in hard times, they pray together for something or someone to change their lives for the better. Aman (Shahrukh Khan) appears to do just that.
Ivo Levy, Ulysses' Gaze
A (Harvey Keitel) meets Ivo Levy (Erland Josephson), the film archivist who was working on the three Malaki brothers reels.
Kal Ho Naa Ho Opening Sequence, Kal Ho Naa Ho
The opening sequence voice-over, and the credits against the backdrop of New York work together to depict the city as a land of economic and romantic possibilities for non-resident Indian Naina (Preity Zinta).
Linz, Letter from an Unknown Woman
In Linz, Lisa's (Joan Fontaine) parents arrange for her to meet Lt. von Kaltnegger (John Good), who proposes to her.
Meeting Orestes, Landscape in the Mist
Voula (Tania Palaiologou) and Alexandros (Michalis Zeke) meet Orestes (Stratos Tzortzoglou), an actor driving a van on his way to meet his troupe.
Newt and Arcella, The Learning Tree
Newt (Kyle Johnson) grows close with the new girl in town, Marcella Jefferson (Mira Waters).
Newt Vs. Marcus, The Learning Tree
Newt (Kyle Johnson) finds himself in a boxing match with Marcus (Alex Clarke) at the county fair.
Nothing Left, Letter from an Unknown Woman
Lisa (Joan Fontaine) leaves her mother (Mady Christmas) at the train station to go back to the apartment and see Stefan (Louis Jourdan) once more before leaving for Linz.
On Top, Stormy Weather
Bill (Bill Robinson) runs into Selina (Lena Horne) at a cafe in Memphis, who convinces her manager Chick Bailey (Emmett Wallace) to include in their show.
Opening Scene, The Great Beauty
An all-female choir performs from the balcony of the Acqua Fontana at Janiculum Hill.
Opening Sequence, BlacKkKlansman
The famous scene from Gone with the Wind, in which Scarlett O’Hara searches for Dr. Meade among the dead and dying in the Atlanta train yard, segues to Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard’s tirade against Black Americans.
Opening Sequence, The Weeping Meadow
A group of Greek refugees from Bolshevik-run Odessa, led by Spyros (Vasilis Kolovos), settle near a river.
Opening Sequence , The Dust of Time
In 1999 A (Willem Dafoe) receives a call at Cinecetta Studios. In 1953 Eleni (Irène Jacob) and Jacob (Bruno Ganz) watch a newsreel in Temirtau.
Opening Sequence, Letter from an Unknown Woman
Concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan) enlists his mute butler John (Art Smith) in helping him evade a duel, and sits down to read a letter from an unknown woman (Joan Fontaine).
Opening Sequence, Psycho
Marion and Sam get dressed.
Opening Sequence, Devil in a Blue Dress
Laid off from the factory, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins (Denzel Washington) is introduced by his friend Joppy (Mel Winkler) to DeWitt Albright (Tom Sizemore), who offers him a job.
Opening Sequence, Pan's Labyrinth
Princess Moanna's backstory is revealed.
Opening Sequence, The Learning Tree
Young Newt Winger (Kyle Johnson)wanders around his hometown of Cherokee Flats, Kansas.
Opening Sequence: Life in Mumbai, Satya
This scene introduces the viewer to the city of Mumbai and the prevalence of crime in this city through a montage of the people of Mumbai in their daily life (work, crime, policing, etc.) before honing in on Satya’s story
Prologue and Murder in Mexico, Touch of Evil
At the US-Mexico border, Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) and his wife Suzie (Janet Leigh) witness a bomb explode in the trunk of a car, killing two.
Rosebud Reveal, Citizen Kane
Kane's belongings at Xanadu are catalogued or discarded, and the truth behind "rosebud" is revealed to the audience.
Searching for Guilia, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Sam tries to find Guilia.
Secret Births, The Weeping Meadow
Eleni (Alexandra Aldini) returns to New Odessa after having secretly giving birth to a set of twins fathered by her stepbrother Alexis (Nikos Poursanidis) before her marriage to her adoptive father Spyros (Vasilis Kolovos).
Siberia 1956, The Dust of Time
In 1956, Eleni (Irène Jacob) sends off her son on train from Siberia to Moscow. Jacob (Bruno Ganz) is sought by an organ specialist (Ivan Nemtsev).
Spiders, Minority Report
Officers Fletcher and Knott deploy spiders to conduct retinal scans in the tenement where Anderton is recovering from an eye transplant.
The Afterlife in Color, What Dreams May Come
Chris Nielsen (Robin Williams) arrives in the painted heaven he created for himself and finds his old mentor Albert Lewis (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
The Bride is Gone, The Weeping Meadow
Eleni (Alexandra Aidini) flees with Alexis (Nikos Poursanidis) after the end of her wedding to Spyros (Vasilis Kolovos) and join with a band of musicians.
The First Time, Landscape in the Mist
Voula (Tania Palaiologou) and Alexandros (Michalis Zeke) bid farewell to Orestes (Stratos Tzortzoglou).
The Hand, Landscape in the Mist
Orestes (Stratos Tzortzoglou), Voula (Tania Palaiologou), and Alexandros (Michalis Zeke) watch a huge marble hand lifted out of the sea by a helicopter.
The Missing Goddess, Letter from an Unknown Woman
Lisa (Joan Fontaine) visits Stefan (Louis Jourdan) at his apartment, and leaves when she realizes he doesn't recognize her.
The One on the Edge of Your Memory, Letter from an Unknown Woman
May years later, Lisa (Joan Fontaine), now married to Johann (Marcel Journet), runs into Stefan (Louis Jourdan) at the opera.
The Showboat Arrives, Showboat
Captain Andy Hawks (Charles Winninger) and his showboat arrive in Natchez, Mississippi.
The Snail, Landscape in the Mist
Voula (Tania Palaiotogou) and Orestes (Stratos Tzortzoglou) find Alexandros (Michalis Zeke) and take a walk at night.
The Three Lunatics, Jules and Jim
Jim (Henri Serre) moves into the chalet officially as Catherine's (Jeanne Moreau) lover with Jules' (Oskar Werner) blessing, and the three live happily for a while.
This is the Girl, Mulholland Drive
After Betty auditions for a friend of her aunt, she sees “Camilla Rhodes” audition for the lead role in Adam Kesher’s new film.
We're Not Crazy We're Serious, Nostalgia
Domenico (Erland Josephson) holds a demonstration in Rome and self-immolates. Andrei (Oleg Yankovsky) returns to Bagno Vignoni to fulfill his promise to Domenico.
West Indian Archie, Malcolm X
Malcolm (Denzel Washington) travels to Harlem where he joins West Indian Archie (Delroy Lindo) in an illegal numbers racket.
Your Other Son, The Weeping Meadow
A woman (Toula Stathopoulou) takes Eleni (Alexandra Aidini) to the spot she witnessed Yannis and Yorgos reunite during war.
2 Series Clips
The Fight is Over
"Metalhead", Black Mirror: Season 4, Episode 5
Despite defeating her pursuer, Bella can no longer escape her fate.
Clayton's Freedom
"Black Museum", Black Mirror: Season 4, Episode 6
Nish frees Clayton from his prison and kills Rolo.